These last few weeks have been so hectic. I taught the King Arthur unit in my CT's other section of British Lit (the section I don't normally teach) so I was teaching two classes instead of just one, which was a system shocker. That, plus the additional hecticness of Junior standardized testing which has rearranged the entire schedule of classes for the high school has just led to me being a discombobulated mess.
The King Arthur unit went pretty well with the other class. I was slightly disappointed to find so many kids not willing to turn in their work, though. I only usually have one or two (though granted, that's about 1/4 of my class) who fight me when it comes to turning in work. But over half of this other class didn't turn in their paper assignment. I was also a bit put out when, during our debate on media accuracy in portrayal of the Arthurian Legend, most students didn't want to participate. In addition, they struggled much more than my students did in the debate.
I have 8 College Prep level students in the class I teach. In a class of 22 (11 Honors, 11 CP) students, they were unable to come up with the same caliber of argumentative evidence and work as my 8 CP kids. I was very disappointed (especially in the Honors students).
As for what this week holds, I'll be continuing to work with my CP students on their Medieval Romance argumentative compare/contrast essays. I'll also be popping in to guest-teach a class on Alice in Wonderland with my CT's Children's Literature class today. I'm really excited for that because anybody who knows me would be able to easily say that Alice in Wonderland is my favorite story of all-time.
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